167 East 61st Street (Trump Plaza)
167 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side
BBL 1013960033 · BIN 1041986
- Year built
- 1984
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 154
- Floors
- 36
- Financing
- Up to 80% financeable (20% minimum down).
- Subletting
- Permitted with Board approval.
- Pied-à-terre
- Permitted.
- Co-purchasing
- Permitted.
Compiled by The Roebling Research Desk from the building’s offering plan, amendments, and related building documents (primary source dated 2026). Board policies can change by amendment — confirm at the offer stage.
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2026
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,172
- Listing discount
- 5.7%
- Recorded sales
- 170
- On record
- 2003–2026
Trump Plaza is Donald Trump's deliberate cooperative — built when he chose the more selective coop structure over the easier condominium format. Trump told the NYT: "I wanted to buck the trend. There are a lot of people who want to live in a cooperative. […] Many people find a co-op's exclusivity, the unity it gives a building, comforting."
Architecturally, the building turns on its Y-shaped (trefoil) plan with five apartments per floor — an unusual configuration from Philip Birnbaum for the 154-unit cooperative. That geometry comes dressed in distinctive gestures, the wrap-around bronze-topped balconies and the two-story lobby waterfall that signaled the project's ambitions on a then-unfashionable stretch of Third Avenue. The most consequential development came decades later, with the 2014 ground-lease purchase: the building moved from a 40-year ground lease (originally carrying annual rent of approximately $1.2 million through 2023) to fee-simple ownership when the coop corporation bought the underlying land for $190 million.
Paul Goldberger reviewed Trump Plaza for the NYT with notable bemusement: the building "looks as if it might be the finest building in Caracas — all of this sleekness is chic in a particularly Latin way, quite uncharacteristic of New York, despite the lavish use of limestone."
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $187,733/yr
- Per unit / month range
- $0 – $89
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
See the full facade history →Management & transfer contacts
- Flip tax
- 2% of gross sales price (Buyer)
- Sublet policy
- Allowed; sublet fee 20% of annual maintenance; max 5 years over lifetime of ownership
- Pied-à-terre
- Allowed
- Notable fees
- App Processing $600 ($1,000 trust); Co-applicant/Guarantor $250 each; Credit $125/applicant; Move-in/Move-out $1,000 each; Closing Fee $800 (w/broker)/$850 + $0.05/share; Max financing 80%
Recent sales
Recent transfers at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Apartment-level facts are independently verified before publishing; sale prices reflect the recorded transfer amount at the NYC Department of Finance.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 7D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA | $962,500 | -3.7% | |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 23D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,272,500 | $1,273/sf | -5.7% |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 11B | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $900,000 | $900/sf | -18.2% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 37C | 3 BR · 2.5 BA · 1,500 sf | $2,673,000 | $1,782/sf | -4.5% |
| Nov 19, 2025 | 31DE | 3 BR · 3.5 BA · 2,413 sf | $2,550,000 | $1,057/sf | -5.4% |
| May 16, 2025 | 20C | 2 BR · 3 BA · 1,700 sf | $2,400,000 | $1,412/sf | -4.0% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 7C | 3 BR · 3 BA · 1,700 sf | $2,100,000 | $1,235/sf | +0.2% |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 15D | 1 BR · 1.5 BA · 1,000 sf | $1,350,000 | $1,350/sf | -15.4% |
Market read. Most recent trades (2026) cleared a median $1,172/sf across 3 sales. Median listing discount 5.7% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01396-0033) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.
What to know if you’re buying
The 2014 land purchase eliminated the ground-lease overhang. Building is now fee-simple; this is a structural pricing event versus the 2014-2018 land-lease-overhang period.
The Trump-developed cooperative structure is structurally distinguishing. Most Trump-developed buildings are condominiums; the cooperative format was a deliberate choice.
The Philip Birnbaum Y-shaped plan with five apartments per floor is operationally distinctive.
The Paul Goldberger "finest building in Caracas" review is real architectural-criticism context.
The international resident profile and the Brown/George/Clark/Navratilova historical roster anchor cultural-history positioning.
Comparable buildings
- The Excelsior (303 East 57th Street) — Birnbaum 1967; same-architect Midtown East peer
- The Galleria (117 East 57th Street) — Specter 1975; nearby Midtown East peer
- The Sovereign (425 East 58th Street) — Roth & Sons 1973-74; nearby Sutton/Midtown East peer
- [Olympic Tower (641 Fifth Avenue)](https://www.theroeblingteam.com/buildings/641-fifth-avenue) — SOM 1976; nearby Midtown East peer
- [502 Park Avenue (Trump Park Avenue)](https://www.theroeblingteam.com/buildings/502-park-avenue) — Trump / Kondylis conversion 2005; nearby Trump-developed peer
Sources: The Roebling Research Library (offering plans, house rules, financial statements, board minutes, internal transaction records); NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers; publicly recorded NYC building data.
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